Senior Business Development Manager - Cloud Partnership (Seattle)

ByteDance; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance, based in Seattle, is seeking an Infrastructure sourcing leader to originate capacity opportunities across hyperscalers and AI infrastructure. You will lead end-to-end strategy, negotiate complex contracts, and govern multi-year commitments while building executive relationships with top vendors.

The role requires a track record of multi-hundred-million to multi-billion-dollar engagements, strong TCO and deal modeling skills, and excellent English communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years sourcing, business development, strategic partnerships, or commercial roles, with cloud/data center/AI infra focus preferred.
• Demonstrated track record of multi-hundred-million to multi-billion-USD engagements from origination to delivery governance.
• Executive network across hyperscalers and/or major tech firms at director+ level, capable of opening doors.
• Experience negotiating multi-vendor, cross-cloud portfolio deals with complex commercial structures.
• Strong financial acumen including TCO analysis, deal modeling, margin engineering, and term design.
• Excellent written and verbal English; able to brief C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Originate new capacity opportunities across hyperscalers, neoclouds, joint ventures, BYODC arrangements, capacity sublease, and cross-cloud portfolio optimization.
• Identify structural gaps in the supply market and convert them into executable programs for ByteDance.
• Lead end-to-end strategy, negotiation, contracting, and delivery governance for large-scale, multi-year cloud/infrastructure commitments; design complex commercial structures to optimize flexibility, protect margin, and minimize TCO.
• Build and maintain executive-level relationships with hyperscalers and AI infra providers at director+ and C-level; communicate with CEO and senior leadership via deal recommendations and risk disclosures.
• Lead cross-functional programs spanning legal, finance, tax, treasury, capacity planning, datacenter engineering, power sourcing, and business teams; align priorities and drive decisions on tight timelines.
• Build reusable playbooks — deal frameworks, negotiation strategies, market intelligence templates, and decision models — and coach junior team members.
• Manage vendor performance and escalation at senior levels, resolving delivery, service, and commercial disputes with vendor executives.

Skills

Sourcing

Negotiation

Deal structuring

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field

Job description

Join us as we work together to inspire creativity and enrich life around the globe.

Location

Seattle

Team

Infrastructure

Employment Type

Regular

Job Code

A195349

Responsibilities

• Originate new capacity opportunities across hyperscalers, neoclouds, joint ventures, BYODC (Bring Your Own Data Center) arrangements, capacity sublease, and cross-cloud portfolio optimization;
• identify structural gaps in the supply market and convert them into executable programs for ByteDance;
• Lead end-to-end strategy, negotiation, contracting, and delivery governance for large-scale, multi-year cloud and infrastructure commitments — including the design of complex commercial structures that optimize flexibility, protect margin, and minimize total cost of ownership across the portfolio;
• Build and maintain executive-level relationships with hyperscalers and emerging AI infrastructure providers at the director+ and C-level, while owning upward communications with the CEO and senior leadership through deal recommendations, tradeoff analyses, risk disclosures, and decision-forcing briefs on major sourcing commitments;
• Lead cross-functional programs spanning legal, finance, tax, treasury, capacity planning, datacenter engineering, power sourcing, and business teams; align competing priorities and drive decisions on tight timelines;
• Build reusable methodology and playbooks — deal frameworks, negotiation strategies, market intelligence templates, and decision models — and coach junior team members on their application;
• Manage vendor performance and escalation at the senior level, resolving delivery, service, and commercial disputes directly with vendor executives when standard channels are insufficient.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in sourcing, business development, strategic partnerships, or commercial roles, with a strong preference for cloud, datacenter, semiconductor, or AI infrastructure industries.
• Demonstrated track record of leading multi-hundred-million to multi-billion-USD commercial engagements end-to-end, from origination through signature and delivery governance.
• An existing executive network across hyperscalers and/or major technology companies at the director+ level, with the ability to open doors and drive senior-level dialogue independently.
• Direct experience negotiating multi-vendor, cross-cloud portfolio deals, including complex commercial structures.
• Strong financial acumen, including hands-on capability in TCO analysis, deal modeling, margin engineering, and commercial term design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English, including the ability to author executive-grade briefs and represent the company at the C-level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience on the vendor side, hyperscaler sales, business development, partner, or strategic accounts leadership, providing insight into how the counterparty thinks and decides.
• Deep working understanding of AI infrastructure economics: GPU supply cycles, HBM and networking supply constraints, liquid cooling, and datacenter power/cooling/land dynamics.
• Track record of building or scaling a sourcing function, including team leadership, playbook development, and methodology ownership.
• International and cross-cultural negotiation experience across US, EU, and APAC markets, with comfort operating across time zones.
• Advanced degree (MBA, JD, or relevant Master's) in a related discipline.

Job Information

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

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